Monday, January 2, 2017

Twelve of the best books of 2016 by immigrants to the US

At Vice, Matthew Salesses tagged 12 of the best books of 2016 by immigrants to the US, including:

Driving Without a License by Janine Joseph

Winner of the Kundiman Poetry Prize, Driving Without a License follows an undocumented immigrant speaker through 20 years of life. The book includes text from naturalization forms and newspaper articles about immigration, plays with multiple forms and lays claim to each. While the speaker is hiding in plain sight, the book is a "coming out" that doesn't shy away from its politics.